taşkın yatağı

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Definition of taşkın yatağı in Turkish English dictionary

(Coğrafya,Çevre) flood plain

n the area next to a river channel that is occasionally flooded when the river exceeds its limits

The lowlands adjoining the channel of a river, stream, or watercourse, or ocean, lake, or other body of standing water, which have been or may be inundated by flood water The channel of a stream or watercourse is part of the floodplain

(a) The surface of strip of relatively smooth land adjacent to a river channel, constructed by the present river in its existing regimen and covered with water when the river overflows its banks It is built of alluvium carried by the river during floods and deposited in the sluggish water beyond the influence of the swiftest current A river has one flood plain and may have one or more terraces representing abandoned flood plains (b) Any flat or nearly flat lowland that borders a stream and that may be covered by its waters at flood stages; the land described by the perimeter of the maximum probably flood (c) The part of a lake-basic plain between the shoreline and the shore cliff, subject to submergence during a high stage of the lake

A strip of relatively level land bordering a stream or river It is built of sediment carried by the stream and dropped when the water has flooded the area It is called a water flood plain if it is overflowed in times of high water, or a fossil flood plain if it is beyond the reach of the highest flood

a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

- The nearly level plain that borders the river and is subject to inundation from the main channel relatively frequently, usually once every two years or more frequently A flood plain is a depositional landform constructed from the river under current hydro-climatic conditions

a strip of relatively flat and normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a flood

The portion of a river valley built of sediments deposited by the river and ocassionally covered by river flood waters

Level land that may be submerged by flood waters

Flat, flood-prone areas located along waterways

The area adjacent to a body of water subject to flooding

A lowland adjoining a watercourse At a minimum, the area is subject to a 1% or greater chance of flooding in a given year

The area within the flood embankments or within the flood dikes (in Europe often called winterbed)

The portion of a river valley that has been inundated by the river during historic floods

A strip of relatively smooth land bordering a stream, built of sediment carried by the stream and dropped in the slack water beyond the influence of the swiftest current It is called a living flood plain if it is overflowed in times of highwater; but a fossil flood plain if it is beyond the reach of the highest flood (Bryan, 1922, p 88 )

The area around a body of water which may at times be under water and may at other times be dry land, depending on the level of the water in the lake, river, pond, etc

the plain next to a river where flooding occurs

A low, usually flat terrain near a river which is dry at normal levels and covered with water when the river is in flood stage

Belt of low flat ground bordering a stream channel that is flooded when runoff exceeds the capacity of the stream channel

flat low-lying ground alongside a river that is flooded when the river overflows its banks

Related Terms

taşkın yatağı geog. floodplain

(of a river)

Hyphenation

taş·kın ya·ta·ğı